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111 lines
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HTML
<HTML>
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<TITLE>The AMOR Client</TITLE>
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</HEAD>
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<BODY>
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<H1>The AMOR Client</H1>
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<P>
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The AMOR Client is the dedicated SICS client program for the
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reflectometer AMOR. It is a Java application which runs on all
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computers for which a Java runtime better then jdk 1.1.6 is available.
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<h2>Starting the AMOR Client</h2>
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<p>
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There are various ways to start the AMOR client. On the unix systems,
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simply type <em>amor &</em> at the command prompt. For PC's and
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proper Macintosh systems (proper means MacOS > 10) it is recommended
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to install Java WebStart and start the application from:
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http://lns00.psi.ch/sics/wstart. The AMOR client can be exited through
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the File/Exit menu option.
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</p>
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<h2>Connecting to a SICS Server</h2>
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<p>
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Before anything useful can be done with the AMOR client, it has to be
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connected to a SICS server. This can be done through the Connect menu
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in the application. Normally choose AMOR in this menu and everything
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will be fine. The option Custom Connect is used if the SICS server had
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to be relocated to another computer (because of a hardware problem)
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and the connection parameters: computer and port number have to be
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given explicitly.
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</p>
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<h2>Using the AMOR Client</h2>
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<p>After starting the AMOR client you see a menu, a row of buttons
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beneath the menu and a central display area, showing AMOR's fantastic
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logo. Now, the AMOR client has six different views of the
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instrument. These views can be selected through the button row below
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the menubar. The views are:
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<dl>
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<dt>AMOR logo
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<DD>The fantastic AMOR logo. IMHO, AMOR got the nicest logo.
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<dt>AMOR Schema
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<dd>A drawing of AMORS components annotated with motor names.
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<dt>Command
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<dd>The main interaction window for typing commands to the
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instrument. I/O with the server is displayed in the large central text
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area. Commands can be typed into the text field at the bottom. Then
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there is a yellow line displaying the progress of the current counting
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operation. To the left of the command entry field is a little red
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button labelled <em>Interrupt</em>. This button aborts any current
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operation. There is a menu point corresponding to this window. This
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allows to select the following functions:
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<dl>
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<dt>User Rights
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<dd>A dialog for gaining privileges in SICS. You need to specify a
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username and a password.
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<dt>Open Logfile
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<dd>Open a log file on the local machine running the client.
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<dt>Close Logfile
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<dd>Close a local logfile.
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</dl>
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<dt>Histogram
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<dd>This window displays a histogram of the current data
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available. What can be seen here depends on AMOR's mode of operation:
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In single detector mode, the current scan data is displayed. In TOF
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mode, the counts summed over a rectangular region of the detector
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(defined in the Area Detector view) is displayed against
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time-of-flight. Yoy may <em>zoom in</em> on selected regions of the
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histogram by dragging a rectangle from top to bottom. You can <em>zoom
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out</em> through the opposite movement. Further histogram commands
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hide under the Histogram menu entry. Here you can:
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<dl>
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<dt>Reset
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<dd>Reset the plot boundaries to show everything.
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<dt>Print
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<dd>print the current plot into a postscript file.
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<dt>Logarithmic
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<dd>Toggle the logarithmic flag which, when set, causes the counts to
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be displayed on a logarithmic basis.
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</dl>
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<dt>Area Detector
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<dd>This display only makes sence in TOF-mode, with a PSD. It shows
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the data in the histogram memory projected along the time axis. In the
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text area below the picture, the current x, y position and the current
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value at the cursor position are displayed. Double clicking on the
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display opens a dialog which allows to set things like: <em>scale,
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colour mapping, logarithmic mapping and the mapping range</em>.
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Dragging a rectangle in this display will pop up a dialog asking you
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for a name. The rectangle selected then becomes a <em>named
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region</em> which will then be summed and plotted in the Histogram
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display. Named regions can be removed through the Update Control/Clear
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TOF Regions menu entry.
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<dt>Parameter
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<dd>Shows selected instrument parameters in textual form.
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</dl>
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</p>
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<h3>Updating the Display</h3>
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<p>
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In single detector mode scan data will be automatically updated. In
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TOF mode, updates to either the histogram display or the area detector
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display have to obtained either:
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<ul>
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<li>Manually by hitting the green Update button at the bottom of the
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screen.
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<li>or automatically at certain time intervalls configured through the
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Update Control/Update Intervall and enabled by toggling the Update
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Control/Automatic Update flag.
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</ul>
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</p>
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</BODY>
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</HTML>
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